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Re: Alien and gravity
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Date: 
Wed, 18 Apr 2001 18:08:46 GMT
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Dave Schuler at orrex@excite.com wrote:

I just saw Aliens again this weekend, and I have another question.  Why
does a ship the size of New Jersey (or whatever its size--it's really big,
though) only hold a staff of a dozen marines?

The Sulaco was sent out on a special mission. Quite a lot of the ship was
unused at the time.

I typed up a big ol' blurb about it here:

http://news.lugnet.com/space/?n=5041

:^)

~1st Lieutenant, Fleebnork Division Muffin Head
--
Mark's Lego(R) Creations
http://www.nwlink.com/~sandlin/lego



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  Re: Alien and gravity
 
(...) sent a dozen troops solely for the purpose of increased dramatic tension? Dave! (23 years ago, 18-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
  Re: Alien and gravity
 
(...) Wow... By the way, which book are you talking about? (a search for "alien" in amazon will give an undesirable amount of results I assume..:-) Selçuk (23 years ago, 19-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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(...) The ship and crew are full of gravity throughout the movie; it's a grave situation. (I apologize.) (...) I just saw Aliens again this weekend, and I have another question. Why does a ship the size of New Jersey (or whatever its size--it's (...) (23 years ago, 18-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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